Dress construction



July 27, 1943. H. D. I YTTLE DRESS CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 50, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet l 'July 27 1943 H. D. L YTTLE 4 DRESS CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 30, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented `Iuly 27, 1943 nans-sfooNsTR-'norlou q n Han-ryDLyttle, Novv'York;N..Y. y Y .Y f e ,laepiieatianreanary so, 1941,1-:sena1lm3376593 This invention yrelates "to apparel, fand-"has *reference lmore particularly vvto a ldress 4x(if the ready made typewhich is ymandia-ctured Jinq'uan- ,ti-ty production for wernenand young ladies'.- n

4At the present time 'afmercl-ia'tit riu'st buy a Vlarge number o'fydresses of diiere'ritfsizes and vcustomer may like `a Certain ypattern"or lstylef'of dress and sales are often lost due "tothe B"fact that While the customer may' patterns in orderto be adquatelyistocked, 'asa Sales customary to provide greateriu'llnessgvhere needed by inserting Lgussets; but this not satisfactory'as the gussets 'are unsightly `V`and inany customers refuse to accept"'atdre'ss*sovaltefred "Tn addition, it is 4loften V-diiilcult'to obtain theeitra material necessary VJfor a Vgusset ina fabric 'which will be a perfectmatch tothe dress 'and 'even `1f 'the needed material -canb'e :obtained from the manufacturer of the dress, sendingTorfitjinvolves delay which is very annoying -`and citen 'results in loss of a sale due to the fact that thejcu'stome'r I tion, some women are v ionewfaisted; -llvvomeris 4' fdress'esare made in ftwo ranges 'of site pr'incipelly zaffectingthe lengthoffdress. Thefhaiff s eil ng'e is for the shorter Women urrdeiff5" eight.

The-regular sizes,"so called, are for thetaller .n Even the regular sizes,

Women of 5' 5 crever. however, are intended for a woman of normal stature, and an exceptionally tall Woman, even though not stout enough to to rise above the level planned for in the construction of the dress, may actually have a normal waistline lower than that provided in the garment. For this last type of gure, the extra like fa certain :dressythe `n'ierchantdoesnot have adress'o'f this particular cause the waistband the dressl i :toil-[be a A y* y it'gm'aintained'itsproper relatiohfto ltlfieftval,stljle t material provided in the hemline of most dresses is insufficient to give'the dress the required length n and even if it were suicient, would not permit -trovide la dress' vso "constructed, *that-trie features "provided in this invention 'ni ,geit sible "for liirn also to it Y'a .,custforneia- "h tage-sti 'at fof'f the woman.

altered. vElhis'vis particularly advaritageousvasf- Amanyinfierchants cannot'buy fa bdmplet'e vltige of sizes-inwerylc'oior,inrwn n afdressfriraylbe ma lent lea in janyfparticular styleior color/she "I "tiene: out and films- Figur'e manner in Which the skirt is lengthened; and

l. Figure 6 is a View sirnilar'toigure 5 upon an' `enlarged scale.

The dress may be forined o any material desired and of any preferred design. In the illus'- tration, the dress includes a blouse l. and a skirt' 2, theblouse being provided with sleeves 3 which may be of any length desired. It Will be understood that the sleeves 'may be omitted, if so de` sired, and that the side opening 4 which is closed 'tary perspective new v 'overlapr lby a fastener 5 of the well known constructh'efeventual wearer.

tion may be located at any point desired. There has also been shown arear opening 6 which may be located at the front of the garment or acrossl .the shoulder.

The blouse andthe skirt are formed of a suit'- I'able lnumber' of sections or gores whichV are An alteration card Ihas been shown applied to each oi the wide seams 1. This cardyiffused,

. is applied when the garment is made and remains. j invplace until the garment is sold and the necessary alterations are made.

the type shown in my prior patent, No. 2,090,619, j

issued August 17, 1937, and are marked to indicate alterations necessary to-transform a dress '.,into a dress of the various sizes inthe grollpjn v whichv themanufactured dress is included. Provision of the cards makesit very easy for a ritter to ascertain and make note of the-extent to A.which a dress must belet out or taken in for proper fit. The cards' may be omitted if so dexsired and alterations made as deemedv necessary bythe tter. `A

.Referringfto Figures l thatlthe 'seamsfor the sleeves'are` identical in construction tothe seams vof the blouse and the ,"sk'irt s'o that the. sleeves vmay be let out, if tod tight aswell as taken in, if too. loose.

' Thel waistband II `of the `garment is originally' ,made to extend in a straight line and to fallin its prope'rplace in relation to the actualwaistline of Ity can bereadily understood that if rby reason of the, purchaser having an excess of esheither in her bust, abdomen or ."back, the waistband may be drawn upwardly at ithe front or back; or by .reason of the eventual wearer havinga lower waistline, than` the figure "for vwhich the dress was originally planned, the

waistband of the .dresswill not occupy itsproper-v position in relation to the actual wais'tline of i the customer when the dress is worn, and this .will spoil the appearance of the dress.- In order to overcome this, the skirt is applied in overlapping relation to the lower edge of the blouse; asr

shown in Figures 2 and 4. This providesr 11/2.

These cards are of :z

for the tter to rip properly adjusting the skirt, pin or baste the skirt to the blouse and lateron permanently sew the adjusted skirt to the blouse. The fact that the edges of the blouse and the skirt are bound with the tapes I2 and I3` provides a neat iinish for these edges and also causes the upper edge portion of the skirt to be reinforced and held smoothly in place when it is permanently sewed to the blouse.. In addition the tapes ,also hold the edgesof the two pieces of the'garment straight when they have been separated from one another thus simplifying the job of altering, and as a permanent part of the dress, the tape prevents the waistline from stretching.

This improved dress has its lower edge faced or .group and the lower portion of the skirt is turned` upwardly and the binding or vfacing strip I5'hand vfelled to forma relatively wide-hem I6. The v wide seam voutlets are continued in that portion oi the dress which is turnedup to make the hem sothat if it is necessary to let down the hem,

, and also tolet out the dress, sufcient material is providedrso to do. s 1 v I t will thusbe seenv that onedress of the improved construction can be made to ta greater number of customers than a dressof ordinary construction; can be madetont figures which cannot be properly tted'by altering the ordinary dress;l will give most womena better t :than is .possible with the-ordinary---dressg and can be v .altered at lower .cost than the ordinarydress..

It will also be seen lthat when adress vis altered vto correctly nt the'customer, it will be neat and of attractiveappearance. i 'y V While Ihave shown the preferred embodiment .of my invention, it is to be understood that vari- ,said skirt being initiallyfree from the yblousefand *having` its upperyendI por tion` overlapping the .outeface vof thelower end ofthe back-,of the of extra length in the blouse which may be utilizedA in full, or in part, as required by the gure f of 4Lthe individual customer.

2 land 4, it will be seen that the marginal edges of the blouse and the skirt are provided with edg- .ing strips or bindings I2 and I3 formed of .silk

Referring to Figures or other suitable fabric. i l The lupper edge portion of the skirt extends up- `wa'rdly in overlapping relation to the lower edge yportion of the blouse quite a distance and its upper kedge is secured to the blouse by a line of stitching I4. Ifitis found that the waistline isv ,drawn'upwardly at the front or back of the dress when the dress is tried on, it is merely necessary ous changes may be made without departing from the spirit .of the` inventionand the scope ofy the. l appended claim. i

Having thus described-th invention, lwhat is claimedis: .j

In a garment, a blouse and 'a skirt, the back of .blouse an'appreciabledistancepermitting shifting. of the skirt upwardly andldownwardly toadjusted positions vwithout moving out of overlap- Vping relation to the blouse, a bindings'ecured v alongthelower edge of thev back of saidblousein .straddling relation thereto, a facing strip secured along theinner face of. the upper edge .portion of the vback of said skirt, and stitches along the upper. edge of theback ,of` said skirt adapted to be ripped out and permit 4verticaladjustment oi the back of the-'skirt relativeto rtheoverlapped portion of the blouse.V p L y .HARRY D,-

out the stitching |4 and after' 

